Kevin

Biography
Kevna "Kevin" Tengo was born along the coastline, as is traditional with tortles. Even though Kevin spent a lot of time on their own small adventures, they commonly found refuge in the small tortle village of Varala nearby their birth location. Varala is a small religious community largely unnoticed by the rest of the world. While there are no fancy temples or anything of the sort, they are devout in their ways and beliefs, worshipping the God of Justice, Bishamon. The village itself houses mostly tortles in their years of retirement, with one exception: an eccentric Elf with no particular skillset named Adran Galanodel. A refugee, Adran had many stories to tell, though it was uncertain how true any of it was. Still, Kevna spent a fair amount of their youth listening to Adran's tall tales. The nickname Kevin originally came from Adran on the first day they met; after some initial hesitation from Kevna, it stuck. Tortles don't usually have traditional family structures, and in particular Kevin never knew their birth parents; in such an absence, Adran very much played as close a father figure as one would find in a tortle commune.

While Kevin enjoyed the community they grew around, they longed for grander adventures. They had heard of stories of a grand city name Helmsgard, which Adran talked about constantly. While Kevin of course couldn't be certain what was fabrication and what was truth, they figured Helmsgard would be as good a place as any to start adventuring. So, at the young age of 16, Kevin bid farewell to Varala and Adran and began their trek to Helmsgard, hoping to find some higher sense of responsibility and enlightenment.

Adventuring
Kevin found an adventuring group consisting of Bittah, Kurama, Makoto, Mulder, and Monty.

His first adventure found the party heading toward... some town? with some abassi cat dude or something i can't remember.

We then went toward Jorgund's Bane. Honestly I can't remember shit.

Deep into the snowy mountain range at Jorgund's Bane, Kevin met his end at the hands of a yeti. Even though he was first to fall, he died exactly as he would have expected: protecting his party from death. The rest of the party managed to get away safely, which is all that Kevin could have asked for. In honor of his fallen comrade, Mulder fashioned Kevin's shell into a shield, which he now carries with him. While some may find this disrespectful, Kevin comes from a resourceful people who believe getting the best use out of the materials around them. No need for fancy burials, especially when you can continue to protect your comrades, even in death. Kevin died at the age of 17 (level 3).